Multiple choice

1. Which is the first step in the program development cycle?

ANS: B

2. The rules of usage of a programming language is its:

ANS: C

3. The operation in a computer program that transmits data from an outside source to the program is:

ANS: B

4. Which is not a way to input data into a program?

ANS: D

5. Which of the following is not an acceptable variable name?

ANS: C

6. Which of the following is not an acceptable variable name?

ANS: A

7. If the variable Hours = 10, what is the value of the variable Salary after the following instruction has been executed: Set Salary = Hours * 8

ANS: C

8. What is the value of the variable PayDay after the following statements have been executed:

Set Hours = 5

Set PayDay = 30

Set PayDay = Hours * 6

a.	30
b.	150
c.	180
d.	cannot tell from the information given

ANS: A

9. What is 22 % 5?

ANS: B

10. What is 40 / 4 + 6 * 4 – 2 ?

ANS: A

11. What is (36 % 4) + (12 / (3 * 2) ) ?

ANS: D

12. What are the variables in the following program segment?

Write “How many candy bars do you want to buy?”
Input CandyBars

Set Price = 2

Set Cost = CandyBars * Price

Write “You need to pay” , Cost

ANS: D

13. If X = 6 and Y = 2, what is the value of the following expression:

ANS: B

ANS: B

15. Which of the following has the same value as 9.8002E-4 ?

ANS: C

1. True/False: The last step in the program development cycle is the “code the program” phase.

ANS: F

2. True/False: A prompt is used in a program to tell the user to enter some data.

3. True/False: A variable is the name for a storage location in the computer’s internal memory.

ANS: T

4. True/False: If X = 2, the assignment statement Set Y = X + 4 will put the value of 6 into both X and Y.

5. True/False: The expression 43 % 1 = 0 is correct.

ANS: T

6. True/False: Computers perform all arithmetic operations in order, from left to right.

7. True/False: If X = 4 and Y = 8, then Y / X ^ 2 + 3 * X – 1 = 15 is correct.

ANS: F
8. True/False: The two types of numeric data allowed in most programming languages are integers and real numbers.

ANS: T

ANS: F

ANS: F

ANS: T

ANS: T

ANS: F

ANS: T
15. True/False: To join two strings together the concatenation operator is used.

ANS: T

SHORT ANSWER

1. A way to develop a program before actually writing the code in a specific programming language is to use a general form, written in natural English, called __________.

ANS: pseudocode

2. In the statement Set Number = 93 , Number is a(n) __________.

ANS: variable

3. In the statement Set Temperature = 32 , the value of 32 has been __________ to the variable Temperature.

ANS: assigned

4. The __________ operator returns the remainder after dividing one number by another.

ANS: modulus

5. Data sent by a program to the screen, a printer, or a file is __________.

ANS: output
6. The type of statement used in this textbook to display messages on the screen is a(n) __________ statement.

ANS: Write

7. Data that consists of words and symbols found in text-based documents is known as __________ __________ data.

ANS: character string

ANS: integer

9. When a variable is first assigned a value, it is said to be __________.

ANS: initialized

10. The statement Declare FreezingPoint As Real will declare a variable named __________ as a(n) __________ type.

ANS: FreezingPoint, Real

11. The number 14.93E+5 is an example of __________ notation.

ANS: exponential

12. Many programming languages include a string operation called __________.

ANS: concatenation

13. A sequence of characters is __________ __________ .

ANS: character string

14. If String1 = “Ice” and String2 = “cream” , then the statement Set Yummy = String1 + String2 will result in Yummy having the value of __________.

ANS: Icecream

15. Complete the following statement to declare an integer variable named Money: Declare __________ __________ __________.

ANS: Money As Integer